Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News

They say the wedding day is one to remember forever. And for a newlywed couple in Albay, their day was made even more special by the Mayon Volcano, still picturesque even as it continued to vent lava and ash on Thursday.

(The timing was right since the volcano was erupting so I took a photo of the couple as well.)

At least 40,000 residents have been evacuated in towns near the volcano after Alert Level 4, the second highest level in a five-step warning system, was raised over Mayon on Monday. This alert warns of an imminent hazardous eruption.

Mayon, known for its near perfect cone, last erupted in 2014. Its most destructive eruption was in February 1841, when lava flows buried a town and killed 1,200 people.